All General Outdoor articles – Page 90
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News briefsColumbia Sportswear Company appoints former Nike DTC president to board
Columbia Sportswear Company announced that its board of directors has appointed Christiana Smith Shi as a director and member of the audit committee, effective July 8, 2022. Shi is a principal at Lovejoy Advisors, a consulting firm she founded in 2016 that focuses on digital transformation for consumer and retail ...
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News briefsKathmandu parent updates guidance
KMD Brands, formerly Kathmandu Holdings, is now forecasting total annual sales of NZ$955 to NZ$965 million (€580.7m to €586.8m) for the 12 months ending July 31 after a record performance during a winter promotional period for its Kathmandu retail operation. FY22 Ebitda, excluding one-off, non-cash items, including government subsidies, is ...
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News briefsSympatex hires business development manager
Source: Sympatex Ulf Jenson Ulf Jenson has joined the Sympatex customer team as the company’s new business development manager. Over the past six years, he served as managing director, business development director and vendor manager for the German e-commerce retailers Jakkaro GmbH and Merkkur GmbH, where he ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin teams up with Schoeller Textil for new shell materials
Source: Jack Wolfskin/Schoeller The flagship of Jack Wolfskin’s S23 Discovery Wilderness collection is the Diskovera Jacket, a 3-layer jacket, with Texapore Ecosphere Pro Schoeller 3L technology. German brand Jack Wolfskin and the Swiss fabrics manufacturer Schoeller Textil have joined forces to jointly develop new shell materials for ...
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News briefsevo to build second campus with retail, hotel and more in California
Source: Evo Lake Tahoe (California) Seattle-based outdoor retail and adventure brand evo has announced plans to build a new campus in Tahoe City, Calif. The new campus will be centrally located on the shores of North Lake Tahoe. Like Campus Salt Lake, Campus Tahoe City will be ...
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ArticleTextile Exchange releases reports on Sustainable Cotton and Recycled Polyester challenges
Textile Exchange, a U.S.-based networking platform for the textile industry, has released its reports on the Sustainable Cotton challenge and Recycled Polyester challenge, two of the platform’s fiber challenges that are set up to replace conventional materials by lower impact solutions. The organization believes that this, coupled with investment in ...
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ArticlePyua boosts DTC business with e-com specialist Gute Marken
Gute Marken Online GmbH will further boost the e-commerce business of German outdoor brand Pyua, specializing in sustainability and circular economy. The Pyua online store and the marketplace business will be managed by Munich-based Gute Marken starting in fall 2022. Pyua is thus primarily pursuing growth targets and intends to ...
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News briefsMillet Mountain Group opens factory in Tunisia
Millet Mountain Group (MMG), the owner of French mountaineering and mountain apparel brands Millet and Lafuma, is opening a new factory in Tunisia. The 3,500-square-meter facility in Monastir has an automated cutting room featuring quilting technology and mechanical and laser cutting machines. The factory also features two embroidery machines and ...
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News briefsDainese and Momodesign partner on urban and outdoor clothing line
Dainese is teaming up with Momodesign on a new line of clothing, footwear, helmets and accessories designed for the outdoors and urban mobility. Upon the terms of the all-Italian license agreement, the products will be designed by Momodesign in its Style Center and manufactured by Dainese, which will also distribute ...
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News briefsNRDC’s PFAS petition signatures delivered to Columbia Sportswear
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund are continuing their campaign against Columbia Sportswear, calling for the phase-out of toxic PFAS from the company’s supply chain. As part of the campaign, the activist groups delivered 48,000 petition signatures to Columbia CEO ...
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News briefsSimplifyber successfully closes new funding round for cellulose-based material innovation
Source: Simplifyber Simplifyber, a U.S. start-up company founded by designer Maria Intscher-Owrang, has finished a funding round, generating $3,5 million to back up the go-to-market of the company’s regenerative material that aims to make weaving or knitting obsolete. The product Simplifyber is a cellulose liquid based on ...
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ArticleAnalysis: Outdoor industry stocks fell more than 21% in Q2
Outdoor industry stocks fared worse in the second quarter than in the first period of 2022, declining an average of 21.18 percent compared to a 17.84 percent sequential drop in the average stock prices of companies primarily involved in the outdoor and bicycle sectors. This time around, our quarterly analysis ...
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News briefsEarly bird deadline for EOS 2022 extended, new workshop added
The deadline for early bird delegate registration for the European Outdoor Summit (EOS), to be held Oct. 6-7 at the Impérial Palace in Annecy, France, has just been extended to July 20. Early bird attendee tickets are €600 + 20% VAT for EOG and OSV members and €700 + 20% ...
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News briefsBergzeit study sees pleasure trumping performance in outdoor sports activities
German mountain sports e-tailer Bergzeit has conducted a new online study among roughly 3,400 of its customers in the German-speaking countries to find out about their motivation in outdoor sports, goals, planning, equipment, travel choices, social media use and the consultancy expected from a retailer. One of the major takeaways ...
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Bluesign expands data and impact measuring services
Bluesign has expanded its system partnership service offerings as a full-service sustainability solutions system, expanding into promotional, workwear, corporate wear, home textile and footwear segments. The platform is launching Data Services and Impact Services for brands and manufacturers, tiered service packages with expanded capabilities that enable brands to actively monitor ...
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News briefsNew repair center in Amsterdam opened by Makers Unite and Patagonia
The creative textile platform Makers Unite and outdoor clothing brand Patagonia have opened the United Repair Center (URC) in Amsterdam. According to the Amsterdam Economic Board, the URC is capable of annually carrying out 300,000 clothing repairs for affiliated brands and their customers. In addition to Patagonia, other clothing brands ...
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News briefsCarbios signs two-year deal with Patagonia, On, Puma and Salomon for circularity research
The French biorecycling provider Carbios has signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon to develop solutions aiming to enhance the recyclability and circularity of the brands’ products. The consortium wants to speed up the introduction of Carbios’ biorecycling technology and research how entire products can be recycled easier, ...
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News briefsRab rolls out its second stich repair service in more countries
Brtish brand Rab (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) has expanded its previously U.K.-only upcycling program into a globally available online repair service. For the past three years, Rab has offered the upcycling program “Second Stitch” at its U.K. service center in conjunction with its factory store. Now the service ...
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OpinionOpinion: What place do trade shows have in the future of the Outdoor community?
As the debrief from the re-connection of the industry at OutDoor by ISPO continues, those responsible for the marketing budgets are debating whether the gatherings are still the best investment of resources. For those who did not make it to the Munich Order Center – you missed the energy and ...
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News briefsNew French sales agent for Polygiene
Source: Polygiene Jean Charles Marchionni, new Polygiene sales Agent France Polygiene is expanding its Central European team. From July 1, French sports and outdoor industry veteran Jean Charles Marchionni will start as a new sales agent for the Swedish group. Marchionni is well-known in the industry as ...
